Overwatch has been out for well over a year and a half now, and yet the massively-popular first-person shooter has showed now signs of slowing down as Blizzard is looking ahead to the next year and what’s in store for Overwatch fans. Blizzard Entertainment has released a new Developer Update video featuring game director Jeff Kaplan
Humble Bundle has decided to kick off 2018 by releasing a new Staff Picks bundle that includes some popular games like BioShock Infinite and Punch Club. The bundle is officially titled the Humble Staff Picks Bundle: Scribble and introduces the titular crayon dog who apparently chose everything the ended up in this bundle. As always,
We made it, everybody; Life is Strange: Before the Storm has concluded with Episode 3: Hell is Empty. If you haven’t played the previous two episodes, then I’m not sure what you’re doing on this page, and you should probably check out my reviews for Episode 1: Awake and Episode 2: Brave New World to see if
Today, British independent studio Sumo Digital announced they have acquired CCP Games’ Newcastle Studio. Thirty-four staff members — including Owen O’Brien who will take the mantle of Studio Director — from the garnered game studio will remain in Newcastle as part of Sumo Digital. Managing Director of Sumo Digital Paul Porter considers the acquisition of
Recently the Entertainment Software Ratings Board unveiled the rating summary for Square Enix’s upcoming title Secret of Mana. According to the ESRB, the upcoming Japanese Role-Playing title will receive an E10+ (for Everyone aged 10 and over) rating. Unlike like its mobile and Wii ports (which was also E10+), the board decided to give the sequel an E10+ rating
With the new year finally underway, Rockstar Games is celebrating the new year by introducing a new car as well as other incentives for Grand Theft Auto Online. According to the press release, this week, Grand Theft Auto Online now offers a brand new car, the Annis Savestra Sports Classic, which is entirely upgradable by taking it
Brawlout from Angry Mob Games was a somewhat late release on the Nintendo Switch in 2017, only coming out on December 19. Fortunately, this meant that the game was poised well on the Switch’s eShop right before Christmas, so Brawlout ended up selling over 50,000 copies of the game during its first two weeks on the
Today Bandai Namco released a new video of the upcoming fighting game by Arc System Works Dragon Ball Fighter Z. The video shows two American Football players from the Green Bay Packers (Defensive End Mike Daniels and Linebacker Chris Odom) as they play against each other in Dragon Ball FighterZ. Apparently, Daniels doesn’t really like
Japan always gets some really cool special editions for games, and the upcoming strategy JRPG Valkyria Chronicles 4 is not going to be an exception. Sega detailed the game’s “10th Anniversary Memorial Box” that will cost 12,990 yen (just north of $115) plus taxes. It will include several goodies into a special box. The 10th
Many don’t know that the popular sci-fi visual novel franchise Muv-Luv by Age actually has a mobile/browser game hybrid in Japan named Muv-Luv Alternative: Strike Frontier. While the game is available only in Japanese, published by the local giant DMM, it’s definitely interesting because it doesn’t just follow the original storyline, but expands on it. At the
Final Fantasy XIV has continued to stay strong throughout the years with new content updates and expansions, and with a new year having just started, there definitely seems to be more on the way for players of the long-running MMORPG. In a post on the official FFXIV North American forums, producer and director Naoki Yoshida provided
Welcome to 2018 at DualShockers, and let’s ring in the New Year with our most time-honored tradition: reflecting on the previous year’s game and trying our best to rank them. And what a year 2017 was. Continuing from the practice from previous years, our most important awards — Game of the Year (Readers’ Choice) and Most Anticipated
2018 is officially here and while the new year is still young, there is plenty you can go ahead and start doing to level up your game, with Fire Emblem Heroes ringing in the new year with a new event. Fire Emblem Heroes is kicking off 2018 with a New Year’s Event that’s sure to please
Motion Twin’s roguelike Metroidvania title Dead Cells has become quite popular on Steam since it hit Early Access back in May of 2017. The developers have continued to support the game since launch with a plethora of updates, with The Foundry Update releasing back in late December. Now, the developers have confirmed in a new
To kick off 2018, Electronic Arts and Ghosts Games revealed that a new online feature will be coming to Need for Speed Payback this year. This feature is the much requested Online Free Roam mode that would allow players to explore Need for Speed Payback’s large world with others online. This news was delivered via
Last Man Sitting is a hectic indie game where your goal is to make sure that you’re butt is the last one planted in an office chair. Now, this sounds easy but once you throw in a big group of players, shotguns, rocket launches, giant sports balls, and more into the mix, it becomes a little
Right now it’s still December 31st in the west, but in Japan it’s already 2018. Three of the most relevant developers and publisher from the archipelago of the rising sun decided to welcome the New Year (that in Japan is basically the most relevant holiday there is) with videos. First of all, we get Bandai
A few days ago, we asked you to vote for your best waifu and best husbando of 2017, and as always the turnout was great. It always makes me smile when so many of you rally to support even a slightly crazy and tongue-in-cheek initiative like this. Well over a thousand of you voted for their
Two months ago, Kharon’s Crypt met its Kickstarter funding goal and has now met its stretch goal for a Nintendo Switch port. While there’s still official filing to be done, developers Andromeda Project has confirmed that Nintendo of Europe has already approved the project for release on Nintendo Switch. One major sidenote mentioned is that the Nintendo
Maybe you’re allergic to cats. Maybe you wish you could have more cats in your life. Or perhaps you just worship cats in every facet of your life. If any of these apply to you then you may have heard of the “pawsome” Neko Atsume, a game where you provide treats and toys for cats in
Battle Princess Madelyn is what you get when a game developer has a kid and loves her so much that he puts her in a game. It started as a Kickstarter project, which then quickly met its funding goals, and is set to release in February 2018. Today we got a slew of new screenshots. Chris
Publisher Marvelous has just released a short teaser trailer for the upcoming Fate/Extella Link right before the new year. This new trailer, seen below, brings to light a few new characters, and perhaps more importantly, a solid release date in Japan. Much like previous series titles, Fate/Extella Link will feature hack-and-slash action against large numbers of enemies. Link will feature a facelift
It is already 2018 in Japan, so Japan-based publisher CIRCLE Ent. has revealed their teased January 1 Nintendo Switch announcement: strategy role-playing series Mercenaries Saga will be coming to the latest Nintendo platform. As an even better announcement, the game will be Mercenaries Saga Chronicles — most likely an anthology or remaster of the first three games in the series.
As 2017 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games for our official Game of the Year awards. In the lead up to the New Year’s Day reveal, each member of the staff will give their personal top 10 games they played this year. 2017 is arguably
Ever since Cave Story and Mega Man 9 jumpstarted the retro-revival scene in gaming in the mid-2000’s, many titles have been created that call back to retro consoles from the 8 and 16 Bit eras. Kickstarter has also been home to many of these games, with one of its biggest successes being 2014’s Shovel Knight.
Have you ever wondered what wild mushrooms taste like? Have you always wanted to try foraging, but are too afraid you might eat the wrong one? Or maybe you just like tromping around the forest with a goal but can never get the time off to do it. Mushrooms: Forest Walker, that received a new trailer
Final Fantasy XIV is preparing to celebrate the New Year with its traditional Heavensturn event, which will grant players with the usual “Kabuto” samurai helmets that are given every year. Those are a great way to show just how much of a veteran you are, and if you can sport one of the original rabbit
Bandai Namco released a large batch of gameplay trailer and screenshots of its upcoming anime-inspired battle game The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia. The videos and screenshots showcase some of the members of the cast that will appear in the game, and that will be familiar to fans of the anime and manga. This
Microsoft is continuing its comedic advertisement campaign for the Xbox Game Pass service, and this time around it’s themed after Insomniac Games’ Sunset Overdrive. The commercial has the usual store clerk that appeared in previous spots drinking the Overcharge drink that is at the base of the game’s story and then burping it out right
Developer Dodge Roll took to Twitter to announce that their bullet hell title Enter the Gungeon has sold over 75,000 copies in two weeks on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Enter the Gungeon has sold over 75,000 copies on Nintendo Switch in just two weeks, surpassing all expectations. Thanks to all the new Gungeoneers, Nintendo and 22nd Century